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Download Solution PDFWho among the following was the first female from India to receive the Nobel Peace prize?
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Mother Teresa was the first woman was the close Indian ties to get the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize.
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Mother Teresa was born in Macedonia (then Ottoman Empire's Uskup) to parents of Albanian descent.
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Mother Teresa came to India in 1929.
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She was sent to Calcutta to be a teacher after she entered a nunnery.
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After coming to India, she decided to serve the poor as she lived amongst them.
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The pious lady was awarded Padma Shri in 1962 and Bharat Ratna in 1980.
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She breathed her last breath on 5 September 1997.
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